The Modern Left (, LGM), is a centrist political party in France founded in 2007.
Country
France
Headquarters
boulevard de Magenta
Inception
2007
Website
http://www.lagauchemoderne.com
Overview
The Modern Left (, LGM), is a centrist political party in France founded in 2007.
The party was founded following the nomination of the former Socialist Party (PS) Senator and Mayor of Mulhouse, Jean-Marie Bockel to the François Fillon government in May 2007. Along with The Progressives of Éric Besson, the Modern Left represented the left wing of the coalition supporting the then-President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The party calls itself social-liberal and supports a social market economy.
In the 2008 local elections, the party obtained around 40 councillors, and Bockel won a narrow re-election in Mulhouse. However, the LGM incumbent in Pau, Yves Uriéta, was defeated.
